Card-holder.



J. A. MANSON. CARD HOLDER.

' APPLICATION FILED MAILZ, 1910.

983,383. Patented Feb. 7, 1911.

Aim/m OFFICE.

JOHN A. MANSON, 0F BRIDGEIPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CARD-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '7, 1911.

Application filed March 2, 1910. Serial No. 546,901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. MANSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improvement in Card-Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object to provide a card holder adapted forgeneral use in stores, libraries, offices, etc, and v especially adaptedfor use as a holder for price cards in stores as in hardware storeswhere it is required to use large numbers of cards bearing the numbers,sizes, styles and prices of different articles. In order to provide anarticle of this class which shall be compact, neat and attractive inappearance, inexpensive to produce, durable, convenient in use and easyto change, I have devised the novel card holder which I will nowdescribe, re forring to the accompanying drawing forming a part of thisspecification and using reference characters to indicate the severalparts.

Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating a form of carrier which may or maynot be used; Figs. 2 and 3 elevations showing the opposite sides of acard holder with cards therein; Fig. t a perspective showing a pluralityof card holders swinging upon a carrier; Fig. 5 plan view correspondingwith Fig. 1, the carrier being in section; Fig. (3 a detail view on anenlarged scale, showing the manner of connecting and disconnecting cardholders with a carrier; and Fig. 7 is a transverse section of a carrier,card holder and card.

10 denotes my novel card holder which may be blanked out and formedcomplete from sheet metal and is adapted to carry a card 11 on each sidethereof. It will be obvious that the cards may be made of vary ingshapes and sizes to comply with the various conditions of use. The cardsare held in place by flaps or tabs 12 which may be formed integral withthe holder by scalloping the edges of the latter and are bent over andinward parallel with the holder leaving just space enough between thetabs and the holder to receive a card, alternate tabs being turned onopposite sides of the holder as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 8,so that there is very little waste of metal in making the holders. Thesetabs extend along the bottom and up both sides of the holder, leavingthe top open for the convenient insertion and removal of cards, as willbe readily understood from Fig. 3. The tabs are so arranged that one tabon one vertical edge will cover one lower corner of the card, and onetab on the bottom edge will cover the other lower corner of the card.The holder is additionally strengthened and stiffened by turning over aflange 13 of the metal at the top of the holder. Holes 14; are providedin the holders at the top for hanging them upon hooks should it bepreferred to keep them suspended instead of swinging them from acarrier, as will presently be ex plained.

15 denotes a carrier which is adapted to be secured wherever convenient,as on the vertical. support in shelving, and which is provided withupper and lower hooks 16, as in Figs. 1, 6 and 7, or with a plurality ofupper and lower hooks, as in Figs. & and 5. The carriers may be stripsof wood, and the hooks may be ordinarily screw hooks, as shown in Fig.7. The card holders are suspended upon the carriers by means of upperand lower eyes indicated respectively by 17 and 18. These eyes may beformed integral with the holders and preferably filling the spacebetween two oppositely bent tabs 12. The upper eye is preferably cutaway as at 19 for convenience in attaching, as will be readilyunderstood from Fig. (3, in which the operation of attaching isillustrated. The lower eye is first engaged with the lower hook asshown, then the card holder is swung into position so that the upperhook will pass into the cut away portion of the upper eye as shown, andthen the card holder is allowed to drop to place with the upper andlower eyes in engagement with the corresponding hooks.

The operation in use will be obvious from the drawing. As each cardholder carries two cards it is only necessary to swing the card holderinto position to expose either side as may be required. When simply hungupon hooks the card holders may be readily attached and detached in useand as the cards are readily removable from the holders both sides ofthe cards may be used for indicating sizes, styles, numbers, etc.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

A sheet metal card holder of rectangular form having three of its edgesscalloped to form integral tabs, said tabs being bent alternately inopposite directions to removably support cards on opposite sides of theln testiniony \yhereof I aflix signature holder, spaced apart hinge eyesbeing in presence of two Witnesses. formed integrally with one of saidedges and T T each located between two oppositely bent JOHN MALSOL' 5tabs, one of said eyes being cut away to per- Vitnesses:

niit the lateral insertion of a supporting A. M. Voosrnn,

hook. S. WV. ATHERTON.

